The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-11

Ar New York on the 31st It was stated on
good authority that the supply Of coal for
the Pennsylvania railroad ferryboats was
running short owing to the strike, and un-
less more coal could be secured travel
would be seriously impeded. The supply
in Jersey City was very low. The employees
were cautioned not to talk about the matter
and the managers in Jersey City refused to
say any thing.
A NUMBER Of the railroads entering New
York, on the LIST notified shippers along
their lines that they would not receive per-
ishable freight pending the strike.
The great strike Of the Pleasant Valley
(Pa.) coal miners, inaugurated last October
and since that time the cause Of numerous
riots and bloodshed, has terminated in q
victory for the men.
SEVERAL manufactures in need of coal
were compelled to close in New York on
the LIST on account of tho coal handlers
strike
THREE men were walking on the Boston
& Providence railroad track near Hyde
Park, Mass, recently and stepped from one
track to avoid local train when they were
run down by the Steamboat express and
killed. They were Peter Mack, Hugh
Trainor and James Smith, Jr.
The threatened strike of the Cambridge
(Mass) horse railroad employees has been
averted. The company granted all the de-
mands Of the men.
NoN-UNION freight handlers were at
tackled by strikers at New York on the
evening Of the I'd, three or four being I'M
mercifully beaten.
THOMAS H. RUSSELL, the assignee in the
case of Nlckerson 4 Co., shipping mer-
chants Of Boston, finds the firms liabilities
to aggregate about &, OOO, 600, of which about
1000 is secured. Most Of the creditors
have assented to the assignment.
INTELLIGENCE reached Belvedere, n. j.,
on the Sd by messengers from Pahaquarry
township. of the formation Of an immense
ice gorge in the Delaware river near Shaw
nee, Pa, above the Delaware water gap.
The ice piling up to the height of fifty feet
the water had been forced out of its natur-
al course and had overfiowed the lowlands.
Dwelling houses were submerged.
De LEON, recently convicted of kidnapping
and sending women to Panama for i'm
moral purposes, was sentenced to fifteen
years Imprisonment at New York.
A PITTSBURGH, Pa, telegram said that
about $50 men employed at the Spearman,
Douglous q Mable furnaces had struck for
an advance in wages of twenty five ceras
per day. The furnaces had all been left in
good condition and the men appeared de-
termined and hopeful of getting what they
asked for.
IT was recently telegraphed that gen.
eral strike would be ordered of the Reading
The committee from the New York strikers
h,I -,e,& aI h4
from statements made by the men, it is ex-
pected that a uniform movement will be
inaugurated along the entire line and at all
the mines.
THE Fall River Mass Iron Works, which
have been in operation for fifty years, have
shut down permanently, and all hands have
been discharged. 1t was found impossible
to compete with Western works that are
near the base of the natural gas and iron
supplies.
THE Senate at Harrisburg. Pa, recently
passed the bill providing for the submission
of prohibition amendment to the State
constitution to vote of the people.
HENRY WARD BEECHER, in reply to a
toast at the annual banquet OF the Amherst
Alumni Association the other night, de-
nounced the Knights of Labor.
The strik9 at New York was still grow
ing on the 4th, the coal cart drivers and
shOvelers along the Gowanus canal having
struck.
WILLIAM CoMsToCK. the oldest convict
in the Auburn On. W penitcntiary. died
recently. He was received at the prison in
1858 on life sentence for murder. He
killed his father and mother, cut out their
hearts and ate them.
A RECENT dispatch from Pittsburgh. Pa,
stated that five coal firms along the MOnon-
gahela river had conceded the demands of
their employees and were in active opera
ton.
A RECENT Pittsburgh, Pa, dispatch stated
that Detectives Hohne and Halligan, of
Cleveland, left there, having in charge
Harry McMunn. charged with completely
in an extensive fur robbery. When the
train reached Alliance five men got on
board, and they made concerted attack
on the detectives with the view of rescuing
the prisoner. A desperate fight ensued,
and one of the detectives was fatally shot
and the other wounded. Some Of the as
sailants were also wounded.